Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI HEC on future boards

2016-09-11 Thread mike.v...@gmail.com
2016-09-07 21:38 GMT+02:00 Vincent Legoll : > > it just never occurred to me (it definitely should > > have) that that would result in potential "lock-in". > > I don't buy into this, there's no lock-in to me. The user > will fill his needs whatever the mean, either by using > something provided (

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI HEC on future boards

2016-09-07 Thread Vincent Legoll
> it just never occurred to me (it definitely should > have) that that would result in potential "lock-in". I don't buy into this, there's no lock-in to me. The user will fill his needs whatever the mean, either by using something provided (almost) freely by the SoC, or by buying additional HW.

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI HEC on future boards

2016-09-07 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Adam Van Ymeren wrote: > Using the extra SoC specific functionalities might not necessarily be > more earth friendly. Since your next computer card might not offer > the same user facing

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI HEC on future boards

2016-09-07 Thread Adam Van Ymeren
On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Vincent Legoll wrote: >>> The EOMA68 standard has no provision for ethernet, but AFAIU the other >>> end of the CPU card can be more or less free to use. >> >> yyep > > That may be a good way to tackle SoC-specific functionalities, without wasting > them... An easy

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI HEC on future boards

2016-09-07 Thread Vincent Legoll
>> The EOMA68 standard has no provision for ethernet, but AFAIU the other >> end of the CPU card can be more or less free to use. > > yyep That may be a good way to tackle SoC-specific functionalities, without wasting them... An easy way to be even-more-earth-friendly... Think about going the ext

Re: [Arm-netbook] HDMI HEC on future boards

2016-09-07 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Vincent Legoll wrote: > Hello, > > I wanted to ask here, after trying to search ML archives & rhombus site. > > The EOMA68 standard has no provision for ethernet, but AFAIU the other > end

[Arm-netbook] HDMI HEC on future boards

2016-09-07 Thread Vincent Legoll
Hello, I wanted to ask here, after trying to search ML archives & rhombus site. The EOMA68 standard has no provision for ethernet, but AFAIU the other end of the CPU card can be more or less free to use. So would it be possible to link a future SoC w/ ethernet to the HDMI HEC pins and get at lea